Central Florida Future, Special Edition

              2,500-Seat Gym Included
Education Complex Due Next
5y MICHAEL LOCHRIDGE
An educational complex
housing a 2,500-seat gymnasium
is on the drawing board as the
next major development in
fulfilling FTU's master campus
design plan.
The massive building, to be
completed   by   mid-1976,   will
also support three floors of
classroom and office facilities
and feature twin outdoor
classroom lecture theaters.
"The educational complex
will be by far the biggest
building on campus," said Fred
E. Clayton, director of physical
planning.
FTU's design concept calls
for utilization of 1,200 acres for
educational, recreational and
housing purposes. Clayton
estimates about 400 acres are in
use now, and plans leave more
than 800 acres for "future
expansion.
The Humanities and Fine
Arts Building and the Biological
Science Building scheduled for
completion during the 1974-75
school calendar.  The five-story
Humanities building, to open in
September 1974, will contain a
audio-visual center, classrooms
and a music auditorium. The
four-story Biological Science
Building, to be completed by the
winter quarter, will have
professional and technical
laboratories.
A planning program is under
way    for    a    comprehensive
outdoor educational facility of
golf driving ranges, a soccer field
centered in a track, a baseball
diamond and expansion of
tennis, handball and basketball
courts.
Tentative plans have been
made for a 12-acre site on a lake
away from the center of campus
for a fraternity and sorority
lodge.
WeHave
A Story
To Tell
This special issue of the
FuTUre has been prepared to
acquaint prospective students
with Florida Technological
University.
Stories cover a variety of
activities which take place at
FTU. Many of these stories
have appeared in the FuTUre,
FTU's weekly campus
newspaper. Other stories have
been written to acquaint you
with programs and people at
the university. Even the ads
have been specially prepared
about the many services
offered FTU students.
All of the stories in this
issue were written by
members of the FuTUre staff.
The ads were prepared by
Students in Journalism 436,
"Advertising Copy." The
issue's production was
supervised by Prof. Kenneth
G. Sheinkopf of the
Department of Communication, and G. William Averill,
Director of Publications, at
the University. Student
Barbara Estock, FuTUre staff
member, assisted in editing,
makeup and paste-up of this
special issue.
It's hoped you'll learn
a great deal about FTU from
the articles, photos and ads in
this issue. Located in one of
the fastest-growing areas in
the nation, FTU offers its
students a wide variety of
educational programs,
cultural activities and sports
events. No matter what
programs you want to study
or what activity you're
interested in, chances are
good that you'll find it at
FTU.
So if you're interested in
FTU, here's a place to start.
Read through this issue and
get an idea of what goes on in
the way of courses, programs
of study and extracurricular
activities. Then contact the
various, University offices,
such as Admissions, Financial
Aid, etc., for more details on
attending FTU. If you've got
a major in mind, contact the
dean of the appropriate
college or the department
chairman for further
information. They can send
you brochures, catalogs and
further details on the
program you're interested in.
Got any questions or
problems? There's a directory
in this issue that'll give you
the names and phone
lumbers of people who'll
neip you. They're available to
answer your questions and
help solve your problems.
Call on them soon.
7.000 Now Study
On Modern Campus
Florida Technological
University opened in 1968 with
most of the offices, classrooms
and study areas housed in the
library. Today more than 7,000
students take courses on the
modern campus which now
includes a science technology
complex, classroom buildings,
large student center facilities,
residence halls and several more
buildings. Others are under
construction.
Don't let the name mislead
you. Sure, FTU is technological
in the conventional sense,
offering many programs and
courses in engineering, computei
science and natural sciences. But
the University also is
technological in another sense -
in preparing students for life ir
today's complex society.
Six colleges offer programs tc
meet almost any interest.
The College of Business
Administration, for instance, has
programs in accountancy,
business administration,
economics, finance,
management, marketing,
pre-law, quantitative business
analysis. The College has two
master's degree programs. All
programs are designed to prepare
students for today's dynamic
society.
In the College of Education
are programs in elementary
education and secondary school
subjects such as biology,
business administration,
chemistry, English language arts,
foreign languages, mathematics,
physics, social sciences and
speech. Students also may
pursue the comprehensive
program or advanced studies.
In addition to three master's
level programs in the College of
Engineering, there are a number
of undergraduate study areas:
civil engineering and
environmental sciences,
electrical engineering and
communication    sciences,
Informality
On Campus
sciences, industrial engineering
and management systems,
mechanical engineering and
aerospace sciences and
engineering technology.
Nine study areas are available
in the College of Humanities and
Fine Arts-art, English, foreign
languages (French, German,
Italian, Russian and Spanish),
history, humanities, music,
philosophy, pre-law and theatre.
In the College of Natural
Sciences,  students may pursue
Florida Technological University's modern campus offers
students many informal places for relaxation, study, or even to
hold rap sessions with instructors. This scene is in front of
main entrance to Administration Building.
study in biological science,
chemistry, computer science,
inhalation therapy, mathematics,
medical record administration,
medical technology, physics,
preprofessional programs and
statistics, as well as two graduate
programs.
In the College of Social
Sciences, programs are available
in communication
(communicative disorders,
journalism, radio-television-film,
and speech), economics, political
science, pre-law, psychology,
sociology, public administration.
The College has three
master's-level programs.
If you're interested in any of
these areas of study, contact the
dean of the appropriate college
for more information. The
University's Admissions Office
will give you a bulletin
describing all of these programs
and other details about study at
Florida Technological
University.
Village Center's Got It!
By ALAN CROUSE
FTU's Village Center is
exactly that-a center for campus
activities.
Called "student unions"  on
most campuses, FTU's
counterpart has a comprehensive
offering of activities to occupy
students' free time as well as
enhance a well-rounded
education.
Feature-length    movies    are
shown every Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday. "Pegasus Pub"
follows the Friday movie and
offers coffeehouse-style
entertainment.
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